Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   In the year 1968 dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70  

Jun 05   Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68 in the year 1968.  

Jun 05   In the year 1968 sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day  

Jun 05   US Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles on this day in history.  

Jun 06   In the year 1968 franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies  

Jun 06   On this day in history senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles.  

Jun 07   In the year 1968 dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60  

Jun 07   On this day in history sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination  

Jun 08   On this day in history gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power"  

Jun 08   On this day in history james Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport.  

Jun 08   In the year 1968 new colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted  

Jun 08   Rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash" on this day in history.  

Jun 10   Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1968.  

Jun 12   Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1968.  

Jun 14   Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51 in the year 1968.  

Jun 15   On this day in history john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral  

Jun 15   Samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Jun 18   Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing in the year 1968.  

Jun 19   50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign on this day in history.  

Jun 20   In the year 1968 jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds  

Jun 21   Ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

Jun 21   Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns in the year 1968.  

Jun 24   Canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner on this day in history.  

Jun 24   In the year 1968 deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion  

Jun 24   Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title in the year 1968.  

Jun 24   On this day in history resurrection City closed  

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 in the year 1968.  

Jun 26   In the year 1968 iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US  

Jun 27   Ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague on this day in history.  

Jun 27   Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 28   Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers on this day in history.  

Jun 29   Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66 in the year 1968.  

Jun 30   In the year 1968 gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections  

Jun 30   In the year 1968 john Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)  

Jan 02   In the year 1968 birth of anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of evan Parke, Jamaican actor  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star  

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)  

Jan 03   Shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah) was born in the year 1968.  

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.  

Jan 04   Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83 in the year 1968.  

Jan 05   In the year 1968 jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79  

Jan 06   In the year 1968 kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81  

Jan 07   Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73 in the year 1968.  

Jan 11   In the year 1968 death of isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)